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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 163, 14 July 1903, Page 2

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Press Association. Electric Telegraph. Copyright. Auckland, July 13. Arrived—Oniba, from New York, after a passage of 72 days. The Waikare and Niwaru, from Sydney, experienced tempestuous weather. Palmerston N., July 13. Tee Kern Lee, charged with having opium in a prohibited form in his possession, was fined £5 and costs £9 10a. Notice of appeal was given. Several | other charges of a like nature are pendI ing against the same accused and other Chinamen. New Plymouth, July 14. The Borough Council decided to accept the tender of McWilliam- and Anderson, of Wellington, £5595 3s, for headwork, tunnel and pipe head for a gravitation water supply soheme. The highest tender was £11,409. Napiek, July 14. At a meeting of labor representatives to-might it was resolved to form a Trades and Labor Council in Napier. The Charitable Aid Board to-day affirmed the purchase of 5^ acres of land for the purpose of erecting a new building for an old men's refuge. The land is situated not far from the present site, the building on which has been condemned by the InspectorGeneral of Hospitals.